I hear ya! I hurried up and got mine.. (company DID pay for it) and we have not gone to Canada yet and sure as hell won't now since it's getting cold again...
damn I hate my life right now
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I hear ya! I hurried up and got mine.. (company DID pay for it) and we have not gone to Canada yet and sure as hell won't now since it's getting cold again...
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Talk about #firstworldproblems.
Oh bah!
I shouldn't have said that I hate my life... only that I'm greatly disappointed and sad.
Knifed in the back... since you Brits hate guns so much, knives are the weapon of choice for killing people. :fing27
At least with a good old-fashioned stabbing, you feel like you're getting a more personal service.
Do fewer people have up-to-date passports in America because you've got so many places to go within your own country? In England it's unusual not to have a passport - I carry mine in my purse, both for using as ID and in case I get a sudden urge to make a break for Japan.
Do fewer people have up-to-date passports in America because you've got so many places to go within your own country? In England it's unusual not to have a passport - I carry mine in my purse, both for using as ID and in case I get a sudden urge to make a break for Japan.
Yeah, I've just never really had a reason to have one... the only times I've left the country were to go to Mexico, back before that required a passport. I almost got one about 5 years ago when my ex and I were going to go on a cruise, but then she got pregnant and we obviously decided against that. It would take me about 6 hours to go to Mexico, and 20ish hours to Canada. But a huge chunk of Americans would have to travel at least a day to get to a place to get out of the country... except by plane, but that's fairly expensive if you're going anywhere but Mexico or Canada.
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Many Americans cannot afford to travel abroad - My SWAG estimate (Scientific Wild Ass Guess) is probably 1/3 can't afford it, another 1/3 have no intention to travel abroad for a myriad of reasons.
About one third of Americans maintain a valid passport. Most of those are probably for Carribean, Canadian and Latin America travel, cruises and such.
and to think ours only cost 87 bucks.
Out of curiosity what this card thing all about. For 87 clams we get a passport book... no cards... no gimmicks... just a book that is good all over the world.
btw Toots ours will soon be over 200 clams. We're switching to some sort of new fancy state of the art shit hence the increase.
It lets you travel to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean... it basically gives people an option to spend a lot less money if they only plan on traveling in North America/Caribbean. I think there's a similar thing in Europe for travel between the EU nations.
I think that's why the cos of ours went up... cause I know when I was going to get mine 5 years ago or whatever, it was only gonna cost us about $200 for two of 'em.
Oh joy.. I guess I won't be going state side then.. just not worth it.. But then again from what my MIL said we are going to need one to fly in our own country in the not too distant future.. (she works security at YYC)
Don't answer my previous question because you have here. Your card would be akin to our advanced drivers license as far as what countries we can access via foot automobile. What we can't do with it though is board a flight in your country or travel on a cruise ship from / to a US point. For that we need a passport.
psst... it's warmer here in the winter than where you are. BC is a great place in the winter provided you ain't made of sugar.
There are some discussions to make travel a little bit easier for travel between our two countries... like the NEXUS Card
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